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It lingered, hidden.
It’s potential ever present
Yet hoped
To in deep sleep
Remain.
Till it found purchase
Someplace where the
Balance
Could not be
Maintained.
“It’s metastatic now,”
They said
And shook their head
And watched her deep breath
Rise
Along with the determination
From last time,
Returned.
It will be
What it will,
But even if equilibrium
Was difficult to
Attain,
She was going to meet
Life
Head on
Again.
Dedicated to those who are facing this challenge now: You got this. We got you.
For Linda Hill’s SoCS challenge: “-tast”
Na'ama Yehuda 
💖💖💖
Adele Ryan McDowell, Ph.D.
AdeleRyanMcDowell.com Adeleandthepenguin.com MakingPeacewithSuicide.com Channeledgrace.com
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Thank you, Dear Adele … xoxo to you, too.
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Lovely. Hopeful. The image is great. too.
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Thank you, Patti! It is never news anyone wants to get, though perhaps sometimes knowing is a helpful thing, for one can then get themselves organized to manage what is KNOWN and not a phantom that may or may not be what one fears it is or is not or might come.
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Yes, fearing it is worse than actually living through it sometimes.
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I don’t know … but I would take it on myself in a heartbeat to help the people I love not have to go through it again … I’m sure many feel that way, too.
Thanks, Patti!
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very nice. I read it today after my dog dying last night of metastic cancer that had finally reached into his brain. But given that it was known to have metatazied back in january and he was given until mid-Feb he did really well. He did continue to engage in his life w/ his head held high. Such a big giving hear that is done now.
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Oh, Jacquie! I am so so SO sorry to hear about your dog’s passing. It sounds like he got the best care and had given the best love and I’m glad to know you had him around longer than initially predicted. We never truly know all the parameters that affect how things would go, do we? I’m happy he continued to engage in life, and that he lived life the best he could, as long as he had. I’m sorry for your loss. May his love continue to sustain you even now that he is not there in physical form – nor limited by it in any way, anymore.
Thank you for sharing your loss with me, here. May you find comfort.
Na’ama
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Oh man… This is wonderful, Na’ama. I have lost so many people to cancer… and all of them, save my father, aged 52 and less. They fight the good fight until they can no longer.
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Thank you, Dale.
I’m so sorry … and yes, I have lost a share – some younger, some as young, some not quite so young. I understand … Also, someone dear to me who’d had faced it already and faced it once more is nowadays facing it again … for a good fight, I am sure. No matter who you talk to, it is a reality for someone.
May all have strength – and the support – to have life be faced, head on.
XOXO
Na’ama
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We are too damn young to have so many losses.
There are so many!
Yes, may all have the strength and support…
XOXO
Dale
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True… Maybe one day there will really be a complete cure. Till then…there is love to hold those who walk this difficult path and love for those who hold them…
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I would not be surprised to find out there is a damn cure but that’s a whole ‘nother conversation.
So till then, yes, we hold them and shower them with our love.
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I hear ya …
And, yes. We hold’em and love’em and keep compassion for ourselves in the process. XO
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Absolutely.
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XO
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This is beautifully strong and so knowing that I hope the she is not you 💜. I wrote on the same subject last night, though my pingback didn’t work …it’s a scary thing but we can be scary too.💜💜
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Thank you, Willow. She is not me, but she is someone I love, and “she” can be for many other people, someone they love. I will go read yours now. Yes, it is a scary thing. I have lost people to cancer and I think many people had. So we understand, to the degree we can. XO
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Yes we all lose people to cancer 💜💜
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Hopefully it the future we no longer will.
People had died from TB and people had accepted that as inevitable. No longer do, for the most part.
Here’s to hope.
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There is always hope💜
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🙂
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💜
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Powerful message!
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Thank you! May any who need support, have the support they need.
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An anthemn, moving and powerful.
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